How To Level A Wood Slab With A Router

In the past I was doing all of the leveling of the slabs with hand planes which was a lot of heavy work sometimes taking days to do just one slab now the process is able to be reduced to no.

How to level a wood slab with a router. A long MDF strip and blocks for shims make quick work of leveling the slab and raising it up in the sled box so that the router bit can reach. Designed specifically to be able to handle large area planing operations the TrueTrac Router Gantry System allows you to take your standard 2-12 to 3-12 HP router with a 1 to 2 inch diameter router bit and be able to easily flatten large slabs table top glue-ups epoxy resin counter or table tops or other large projects that dont easily fit into standard floor model equipment for a much. Drywall screws tie all the blocking together.

The only tricky part of this process if there is one is making sure the two guide rails are not only parallel to one another but also. With the bit clear of the stock start the router and grab the jig outside the rails and start to rout in. Level the top surface of the slab.

Level the top surface of the slab Place guide runners on two sides of the slab Move a router on a sled back and forth across the runners to flatten the slab. Up until this point Ive been using manageable piece of lumber that Ive been able to either sand smooth or run through my 13 thickness planer to level out not anymore. This is an example of the improvising that happens when making tables.

Now that you know how to level a wood slab and you know that flattening wood slabs with a router is not as hard as it might seem you might want to explore the process of gluing up big slabs. Jschaben John. Generally you want to remove the least amount of wood to create a level surface.

You know those slabs of wood that make beautiful benches table tops or even anniversary laptop trays for your wife Ive lucked out and have an awesome source for local live edge pieces. See more ideas about router jig woodworking jigs wood diy. Following is a more detailed explanation.

12in shank surface planing bit 500mm. It works relatively quickly leaving only a few. I have also written a article about this with all the details on m.